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so the deficit -- >> shouldn't we define the problem accurately? >> i am saying, the numbers are in agreement. either set of numbers can be fatal to a healthy economy. >> what do you mean "we"? i have never lied about the size of the deficit. >> we are the american people and our representatives in washington, they are democrats and republicans, are all playing this shadow game. we have to shine the light of day on this issue and confront it. the issue won't be the numbers. the issue will be how will you deal with it? austerity -- >> it begins with the president. shining the light and then saying, get out of the dark. we have to stop this. >> when the super committee -- [overlapping dialogue] >> when the congress said that they wanted to deal with this issue and the president said that he was in agreement with that and they created the super committee, they punted. >> if you were serious in the first place, you wouldn't have a stupid super committee. we have a congress full of committees, it was designed to solve problems precisely like this one, y
so the deficit -- >> shouldn't we define the problem accurately? >> i am saying, the numbers are in agreement. either set of numbers can be fatal to a healthy economy. >> what do you mean "we"? i have never lied about the size of the deficit. >> we are the american people and our representatives in washington, they are democrats and republicans, are all playing this shadow game. we have to shine the light of day on this issue and confront it. the issue won't be...
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you said you'd cut the deficit in half. it's years later, we have trillion-dollar deficits. >> it was a romney turnaround recasting romney from the right to the middle during the next two debates. >> regulation is essential. you can't have a free market work if you don't have regulation. >> opening the door for the opposition to ask, who's the real romney? >> we've got to name this condition he's going through. i think -- i think it's called romneysia. >> people say you're secretive, out of touch, you play by a different set of rules. >> i know the obama campaign is going to do everything they can to try and deflect from the economic record of the president and his failure to come up with the plan to get the economy going in the future. >> no doubt romney is on message this time. he wants us to believe he can fix things like the economy and won't give up until he does. but that's the easy part of his story. the rest is harder to tell. he's a devout mormon who still worries it will be held against him. he's more pragmatist t
you said you'd cut the deficit in half. it's years later, we have trillion-dollar deficits. >> it was a romney turnaround recasting romney from the right to the middle during the next two debates. >> regulation is essential. you can't have a free market work if you don't have regulation. >> opening the door for the opposition to ask, who's the real romney? >> we've got to name this condition he's going through. i think -- i think it's called romneysia. >> people...
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the economic crisis, the world crisis, and we lost kind of the jobs that we had created, the budget deficit went up again through the roof, all of those things. but that's why i created also the schwarzenegger institute at usc, so that i can continue on those policies and solve problems in the future, even though i'm out of office. so continuing to be a public servant. >> people have been hard on mitt romney, being rich and successful. what do you think of that? are you surprised that america, the country that gave you the opportunity to become what you are, they would now turn on somebody who has accomplished what they used to call the american dream. >> as you know, john f. kennedy came from a very rich family, but the democrats don't want to talk about that. >> to be honest, i can't take the other side for real. they don't believe that that is a bad thing that he was successful. nor does i think the romney side think sometimes what they accuse obama of. you cannot take this seriously. this is a political year, there's a campaign going on. they will try to do anything they can and especia
the economic crisis, the world crisis, and we lost kind of the jobs that we had created, the budget deficit went up again through the roof, all of those things. but that's why i created also the schwarzenegger institute at usc, so that i can continue on those policies and solve problems in the future, even though i'm out of office. so continuing to be a public servant. >> people have been hard on mitt romney, being rich and successful. what do you think of that? are you surprised that...
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but the other thing that he brought was the specific plan to cut the deficit. we can stave off of the stuff. tell me what you are going to cut and are you going to end interest or the mortgage deduction. give us the specifics of your plan. obama has been forced to do that. he has showed us the specifics. >> give us one line that you would give the president. again, i would never advise the president of the united states. he is darn good on his own. i want to continue to see what i saw before. a strong president that is going to look in the camera and continue to tell it like it is. our president is going to do great. the job now is going to turn out the operations on the ground. it was a pleasure. >> big news. coming up. mitt romney's lieutenant governor. why she says his binders for the women is no big deal. çtoooowl sleep train's best rest event is ending soon. çtoooowl don't miss your chance to get sleep train's very best mattresses at the guaranteed lowest price. plus, pay no interest for 3 years on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort,
but the other thing that he brought was the specific plan to cut the deficit. we can stave off of the stuff. tell me what you are going to cut and are you going to end interest or the mortgage deduction. give us the specifics of your plan. obama has been forced to do that. he has showed us the specifics. >> give us one line that you would give the president. again, i would never advise the president of the united states. he is darn good on his own. i want to continue to see what i saw...
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i'm president obama and i approved this message because to cut the deficit we need everyone to pay their fair share. >> paul: okay, so is the obama camp saying a vote for mitt romney means two more wars? kim, explain to us what the obama camp is saying with this strategy of linking mitt romney to george w. bush. >> well, this is part of the alternate reality of the obama world. what we have to do is blame everything that's wrong in the country right now on george w. bush, blame it on the wars, blame it on the president bush's tax cuts and everything else. of course, it's not actually why we're in the situation we are. it's in part because we had a big housing crisis and also, compounded, dramatically by president obama's severe spending streak that he's been on since then. so, but this is what he's trying to sell and it's integral to his campaign. >> but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we're in were the fault of bush. >> yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bu
i'm president obama and i approved this message because to cut the deficit we need everyone to pay their fair share. >> paul: okay, so is the obama camp saying a vote for mitt romney means two more wars? kim, explain to us what the obama camp is saying with this strategy of linking mitt romney to george w. bush. >> well, this is part of the alternate reality of the obama world. what we have to do is blame everything that's wrong in the country right now on george w. bush, blame it...
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obama has inherited a $459 billion deficit. yeah, that's worse, but it's even worse now. 1.3 trillion. and homeownership rose to a record high during the clinton years. it's declined under president obama, and the mortgage crisis, although we have to be fair about that, it's still high in the mid-60% range. it's really clear when you look at those numbers, very different economic performance from these two administrations, and they're in pains now to try to explain that to make them work for them not against them. >> the other interesting thing i noticed, president clinton bringing up, president obama has an approach proposed by the bipartisan simpson-bowles commission. we talked about this so much. >> endlessly. >> they keep stumbling into this. it's a commission that came up with a plan to fix the debt of the country. the president did not endorse the simpson-bowles commission. everyone may notice this last week, paul ryan brought it up, and he also was on that commission. and didn't vote for simpson-bowles, both he and presi
obama has inherited a $459 billion deficit. yeah, that's worse, but it's even worse now. 1.3 trillion. and homeownership rose to a record high during the clinton years. it's declined under president obama, and the mortgage crisis, although we have to be fair about that, it's still high in the mid-60% range. it's really clear when you look at those numbers, very different economic performance from these two administrations, and they're in pains now to try to explain that to make them work for...
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there is still a deficit, a pretty big one, that's coming out of this. i want to bring in pennsylvania congresswoman allison schwartz. she is a member of the house budget committee. she joins me now from capitol hill. good morning. it's good to see you, congresswoman. >> good morning. >> look, here's what he says. he says we need to absorb the fat from the influx of retirees and the cost of insuring them. he says unless we do this, all of these entitlement programs are going to go belly up. what do you make of his plan? what is the democrats' response? >> look, it's really very, very clear that what the republican plan put forward by paul ryan does yet again this year as they tried to do last year is three things. well, it does many things, but i'll just mention three. it ends medicare as we know it. we'll talk more about that, i'm sure. it actually shifts the burden, the tax burden, from the wealthiest americans to middle class americans, and it increases the tax burden on the middle class. not a good thing, we believe, and it does nothing to grow the e
there is still a deficit, a pretty big one, that's coming out of this. i want to bring in pennsylvania congresswoman allison schwartz. she is a member of the house budget committee. she joins me now from capitol hill. good morning. it's good to see you, congresswoman. >> good morning. >> look, here's what he says. he says we need to absorb the fat from the influx of retirees and the cost of insuring them. he says unless we do this, all of these entitlement programs are going to go...
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it's good because it takes a balanced approach to deficit reducti reduction. this chart here tells a very important story. let me just pick up with a story of senator conrad was telling it. as you can see back in january 2009, the very month the president put his hand on the bible and was sworn in, the economy was in total free-fall. negative 7% gdp. losing 840,000 jobs every month. so the bottom was falling out of the economy and what you see is, as a result of the actions taken by the president and the congress at the time in passing the recovery act, and also taken by other players in the economy, we began to stop the free-fall, turn the corner, the reality is that since march of 2010 we've seen over 3 1/2 million private sector jobs created, the most recent good news being 257,000 private sector jobs added last month. so what is the president's budget do about this? it says we've got to be very careful not to mess up a very fragile recovery. and that's why he calls for immediate additional investments in the economy. we've got to get the payroll tax cut pa
it's good because it takes a balanced approach to deficit reducti reduction. this chart here tells a very important story. let me just pick up with a story of senator conrad was telling it. as you can see back in january 2009, the very month the president put his hand on the bible and was sworn in, the economy was in total free-fall. negative 7% gdp. losing 840,000 jobs every month. so the bottom was falling out of the economy and what you see is, as a result of the actions taken by the...
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the president also understands that a balanced approach to reducing the deficit is the way to afford those investments and we're going to see some of that come into very stark relief i think over the next several weeks as we work with the congress on a deficit reduction plan and a new budget. i also think, piers, i'm sorry to talk so much, but just to add this other point, i think we are going to see a different kind of dynamic with congress. frankly i think that dynamic changes even had the personnel not changed in the congress, because the american people have affirmed a politics of conviction and rejected a politics of obstruction. it's very important for everybody in the congress to understand and i think they do. >> dan, let me turn to that, because it seems that the big problem that barack obama had in his first term was he couldn't get anything done in washington. it was almost paralysis there as republicans right from the start said we're going to stop this guy getting re-elected. well, they failed and there is a certain liberation that comes with being re-elected, isn't ther
the president also understands that a balanced approach to reducing the deficit is the way to afford those investments and we're going to see some of that come into very stark relief i think over the next several weeks as we work with the congress on a deficit reduction plan and a new budget. i also think, piers, i'm sorry to talk so much, but just to add this other point, i think we are going to see a different kind of dynamic with congress. frankly i think that dynamic changes even had the...
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this one, are we serious about the deficit? the only answer to that, if you are serious about the deficit you would elect mitt romney, not barack obama who has seen the biggest increase in the deficit. >> if you look at the facts from the time that the stimulus, first stimulus check went out there have been five million jobs. the president doesn't control dpas prices. you should know that. the third one.... >> that is great defense. we want to get to your favorite moment before we leave. >> obama's, when he talked about romney's elusive tax plan. >> governor romney says. he doesn't have a five-point plan. he has a one point plan. that plan is -- >>> make a lot less. you can shifted jobs overseas and get tax breaks for it. you can invest in a company, bankrupt it. lay off the workers. strip away their pensions and you still make money. that is exactly the philosophy that we've seen in place for the last decade. that is what has been squeezing middle-class families. >> bob: the fact of the matter is romney said and ryan's tax pla
this one, are we serious about the deficit? the only answer to that, if you are serious about the deficit you would elect mitt romney, not barack obama who has seen the biggest increase in the deficit. >> if you look at the facts from the time that the stimulus, first stimulus check went out there have been five million jobs. the president doesn't control dpas prices. you should know that. the third one.... >> that is great defense. we want to get to your favorite moment before we...
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that is why i think the obama program with the spending and deficits has gone bad. people say we're going bank upt. >> i rather like this little pairing. i thank you both very much. >> see you. >> thank you. >> kelsie grammer still hasn't come back but we still have 20 minutes. coming up a tv star finds herself in the middle of a custody battle. and it tastes g? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that should do it. enjoy your new shower. [ door opens, closes ] >>> kelly starred in tv dramas but real life can be
that is why i think the obama program with the spending and deficits has gone bad. people say we're going bank upt. >> i rather like this little pairing. i thank you both very much. >> see you. >> thank you. >> kelsie grammer still hasn't come back but we still have 20 minutes. coming up a tv star finds herself in the middle of a custody battle. and it tastes g? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush?...
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that is why i think the obama program with the spending and deficits has gone bad. people say we're going bank upt. >> i rather like this little pairing. i thank you both very much. >> see you. >> thank you. >> kelsie grammer still hasn't come back but we still have 20 minutes. coming up a tv star finds herself in the middle of a custody battle. >>> kelly starred in tv dramas but real life can be a nightmare. >> announcer: meet tom, a proud dad whose online friends all "like" the photos he's posting. oscar likes tom's photos, but he loves the access to tom's personal information. oscar's an identity thief who used tom's personal info to buy new teeth and a new car, and stuck tom with the $57,000 bill. [tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal inform
that is why i think the obama program with the spending and deficits has gone bad. people say we're going bank upt. >> i rather like this little pairing. i thank you both very much. >> see you. >> thank you. >> kelsie grammer still hasn't come back but we still have 20 minutes. coming up a tv star finds herself in the middle of a custody battle. >>> kelly starred in tv dramas but real life can be a nightmare. >> announcer: meet tom, a proud dad whose...
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you can begin to see a reduction in the deficit. you're not going to reduce the debt because the debt will grow $1 trillion next year and 1 trillion after that and 10 trillion in ten years. and may even more if we can't grow the economy. so the job number one is to grow the economy. if you grew at 3.5 to 4% per year and that would require substantial changes in policy but it could be done, you would garner more than enough revenue to be able to deal with that 20% for sure. it would change the whole debate about whether you're saying people of high income need to pay more taxes, even though higher income people now, we have the highest progressivity of any country in the developed world. we already pay 1% of the people get 20% of the income and pay 30% of the taxes. i mean, at what point have you said, okay, you've given enough? we need to grow the economy, and then deal with these out year spending costs that are just unacceptable and unsustainable. and tax reform provides the catalyst i think for common ground to make this happen i
you can begin to see a reduction in the deficit. you're not going to reduce the debt because the debt will grow $1 trillion next year and 1 trillion after that and 10 trillion in ten years. and may even more if we can't grow the economy. so the job number one is to grow the economy. if you grew at 3.5 to 4% per year and that would require substantial changes in policy but it could be done, you would garner more than enough revenue to be able to deal with that 20% for sure. it would change the...
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trillioneded deficits. no attempt to try and fix the fiscal cliff. >> to get on the path to prosperity we have to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> and barack obama leadership is driving this business the united states of america towards a fiscal cliff. >> neil: delaware senator are chris kuhn says we are not headed towards a fiscal cliff. be that as it may, what do you make of the argument there was a great rush to get the bill done, maybe for all of the right reasons but not nearly the deal to ever cut spending. >> two things if i could, neil. there wasn't a great rush to get the bill done. talley came out of the senate committee last november and it has been grinding along between the senate and the house for several months. i am glad that the house and senate were able to come to an agreement and pass the transportation bill. because i think we do need to continue to invest in improving our roads and highways. is a contribution to our economy that will help not just put people to work in the short-term but als
trillioneded deficits. no attempt to try and fix the fiscal cliff. >> to get on the path to prosperity we have to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> and barack obama leadership is driving this business the united states of america towards a fiscal cliff. >> neil: delaware senator are chris kuhn says we are not headed towards a fiscal cliff. be that as it may, what do you make of the argument there was a great rush to get the bill done, maybe for all of the right reasons but not nearly...
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then obama said he wants to cut deficit b 4 trillion. that would not undo the damage of his first term who obama deficit total more than 5 trillion, the record here is not good. too much spending, not enough cutting back, i could go on, but you get the point, that pamphlet, feels like a piece of fiction than a rl road map for getting america back to work. its claiming that obamacare would enclose. is malarky, congressional budget was on the said that health care reform alone would cost $ 8 -- 800,000obs, this administration has settled for middng performance when it comes to the economy. and president seems okay with 23 milli of us unemployed or under employed. and 46 million of us on food stamps, can't we do better? i think we can, let's set the bar higher. but what do you say? is this status quo where you nt to be? here is our question, is the status quo good enough for you, vote on right-hand side of the screen, i will show the results at the end of tonight's show. >> this is ipad mini. >> did you buy an ipad mini? that is the big que
then obama said he wants to cut deficit b 4 trillion. that would not undo the damage of his first term who obama deficit total more than 5 trillion, the record here is not good. too much spending, not enough cutting back, i could go on, but you get the point, that pamphlet, feels like a piece of fiction than a rl road map for getting america back to work. its claiming that obamacare would enclose. is malarky, congressional budget was on the said that health care reform alone would cost $ 8 --...
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the deficit is going to get reduced. it's not true. the republicans now are the ones promoting exploding the deficit. the democrats are trying to reign it in. first of all i disagree with the economics behind what mitch mcconnell is saying. on the politics we could go through list after list of things the democrats have tried to do to get the economy working again that the republicans have blocked. there is clearly a difference of opinion about what it's going to take to create growth. the democrats are correct and the republicans are wrong. >> juan: okay, it doesn't matter what mitch mcconnell said the fact is republicans are obstructing jobs bill proposal. job creation coming from this democratic president. and they seem content to go home before the election because, guess what? they will say the economy is still struggling and then they will will will blame it on obama. >> they have a list of proposals that's been made in great detail. they will stimulate the economy in their view. part of the problem we have here is
the deficit is going to get reduced. it's not true. the republicans now are the ones promoting exploding the deficit. the democrats are trying to reign it in. first of all i disagree with the economics behind what mitch mcconnell is saying. on the politics we could go through list after list of things the democrats have tried to do to get the economy working again that the republicans have blocked. there is clearly a difference of opinion about what it's going to take to create growth. the...
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the deal. >> it seemed the president had bridged the partisan divide and could count reining in the deficit as part of his legacy. but then in the final moments, the so-called grand bargain collapsed. >> i have offered ideas -- >> the finger-pointing began. >> not one time, not one time, did the administration ever put any plan on the table. >> it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal. >> for speaker boehner, the problem was a last request to alter the deal. >> i said, mr. president, you know i can't do this. we've been talking about this for months. i'm already out as far out on a limb and i can get, and you know it. it's unfortunate. he basically blew up the deal. >> not true says the white house. >> i think personally speaker boehner probably wanted to do something. he just couldn't control his caucus. >> but the speaker says his people were never the problem. >> i got into some tough negotiations with ted kennedy. he didn't flinch. he didn't back away from the deal. he went straight forward. that's courage. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinc
the deal. >> it seemed the president had bridged the partisan divide and could count reining in the deficit as part of his legacy. but then in the final moments, the so-called grand bargain collapsed. >> i have offered ideas -- >> the finger-pointing began. >> not one time, not one time, did the administration ever put any plan on the table. >> it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal. >> for speaker boehner, the...
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the upper 1%, but this program will do nothing at all to address the existing trends towards mounting deficit. we are broke, going broker, but we can at least take solace that we will pay for our next spending binge by new taxation. for this reason it appears appropriate today to speak of the real division in this country as being that between the party of reality and the party of evasion. the party of reality faces the main crisis of our team even if it's different wings, some democrats and some republicans. . it keeps insisting on more spending and creating more right. it plays the old magical focusing the audience attention on things that do not count, leading them to lower the things that really do matter. president obama's osowatomee speech is the party of evasion. i hope the 2012 election will present a clear choice between the party of reality and the evasion, but this still remains to be seen. thank you. [ applause ] >>> thank you, bill and hudson for having me and e.j. for the kind introduction and it's good to be on a panel with you all and i enjoyed your work over the progressive e
the upper 1%, but this program will do nothing at all to address the existing trends towards mounting deficit. we are broke, going broker, but we can at least take solace that we will pay for our next spending binge by new taxation. for this reason it appears appropriate today to speak of the real division in this country as being that between the party of reality and the party of evasion. the party of reality faces the main crisis of our team even if it's different wings, some democrats and...
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we do have a huge budget deficit. i don't think taxes should be increased on the middle class but we have an almost record percentage of total national income going to the wealthiest 1% of americans. i don't see why they should be let off the hook. why shouldn't they pay their fair share? they are paying a lower tax rate today and effective -- >> that doesn't solve the problem. >> -- in about 80 years and it will help solve the problem because that means more revenues into government. almost everybody, everybody who has looked at this issue, common sense party people, will say that you've got to have some balance between spending cuts and tax increases, particularly on the wealthy. i don't see what the problem is. we had a tax increase on the wealthy in the clinton administration, the economy did tremendously well. we had a tax cut particularly on the wealthy in the bush administration, the george w. bush administration, and very few jobs were created and the median wage started to drop, and that ended in the great re
we do have a huge budget deficit. i don't think taxes should be increased on the middle class but we have an almost record percentage of total national income going to the wealthiest 1% of americans. i don't see why they should be let off the hook. why shouldn't they pay their fair share? they are paying a lower tax rate today and effective -- >> that doesn't solve the problem. >> -- in about 80 years and it will help solve the problem because that means more revenues into...
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and it is, over the long-term, projected to be the biggest contributor to deficits down the road. which mean people in the country, voters everywhere, love medicare and do not want it to be cut. and wonks in washington, d.c. spend their time trying to figure out how to cut medicare. both democrat and republican. and with this very thorny contradiction in mind, politicians and think tank analysts and the like have developed a whole secondary-coated language to talk about medicare. so premium support instead of privatizing medicare, and structural medicare reform instead of raising the eligibility age. now, remember the context for all this. this is important. remember that phrase we first started hearing at the start of the health reform debate, which may be apocryphal, "keep government hands off my medicare." the big tea party uprising was in large part a reaction to the idea, quote/unquote, of socialized medicine. it was the affordable care act, and the government, quote, takeover of health care, that fanned the flames of the post-obama tea party protest. but, of course, most of
and it is, over the long-term, projected to be the biggest contributor to deficits down the road. which mean people in the country, voters everywhere, love medicare and do not want it to be cut. and wonks in washington, d.c. spend their time trying to figure out how to cut medicare. both democrat and republican. and with this very thorny contradiction in mind, politicians and think tank analysts and the like have developed a whole secondary-coated language to talk about medicare. so premium...
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. >> the president said we cut the deficit in half. unfortunately he doubled it. >> jon: 1.2 trillion when he took office t is 1.1 trillion now. mr. president are you just going throat him roll you. >> mr. president, two minutes. >> when i walked in the oval office i had more than a trillion dollar deficit greeting me. and we know where it came from. yes, when to take some initial emergency measures to make sure we didn't slip into a great depression. let's make sure we are cutting out those things that are not helping us grow. 18 programs are-- medical fraud in medicare, cut a trillion dollars out of our discretionary domestic budget. the specifically specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan t is on the web site. you can look at all the numbers. let me just finish this point because are you looking for contrast. >> way over two minutes. >> sorry (laughter) >> jon: you went over your time? and you somehow managed in all that overtime to not turn and look your opponent in the lie and just mention what he said was untrue? not even a q
. >> the president said we cut the deficit in half. unfortunately he doubled it. >> jon: 1.2 trillion when he took office t is 1.1 trillion now. mr. president are you just going throat him roll you. >> mr. president, two minutes. >> when i walked in the oval office i had more than a trillion dollar deficit greeting me. and we know where it came from. yes, when to take some initial emergency measures to make sure we didn't slip into a great depression. let's make sure we...
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working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together reducing our deficit reforming our tax code fixing our immigration system and freeing ourselves from foreign oil we have more work to do. >> this morning the president's senior campaign strategist told the morning joe crew this. >> on this issue of particularly the fiscal cliff, presidents always say i had a mandate, that is a foolish word and it is generally untrue. but the president did campaign all over this country he talked about it in debates and speeches on the need for balance deficit reduction that included new revenues and he was re-elected in a significant way. >>today republican house speaker said this. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and it couldn't pass the house. i laid out a reasonable way forward to avoid the fiscal cliff. that is putting in, increased revenues on the table and through reforming our tax code. it is time for the house to lay this out. >> you h talk about it even if you believe it is the wrong approach. >> of course we will talk about it. >> talk about it. that is enou
working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together reducing our deficit reforming our tax code fixing our immigration system and freeing ourselves from foreign oil we have more work to do. >> this morning the president's senior campaign strategist told the morning joe crew this. >> on this issue of particularly the fiscal cliff, presidents always say i had a mandate, that is a foolish word and it is generally untrue. but the president did campaign...
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today, we're out of the deficit hole mr. romney left and we have achieved the highest bond rating in our history. today, today with labor at the table, we have made the reforms in our pension and benefit systems. our schools, our transportation system and more than mr. romney only talked about. and today, in massachusetts, you can marry whomever you love. we still have much more to do. much, much more to do. but we are on a better track because we placed our faith, not in trickle down fantasies and divisive rhetoric, but in our values and in our common sense. the same choice faces the nation today. all that republicans are saying is that if we just shrink government, cut taxes, crush unions and wait, all will be well. never mind that those are the very policies that got us into recession to begin with. never mind that not one of the governors who preached that gospel in tampa last week has the results to show for it. but we democrats, we owe america more than a strong argument for what we are against. we need to be just as s
today, we're out of the deficit hole mr. romney left and we have achieved the highest bond rating in our history. today, today with labor at the table, we have made the reforms in our pension and benefit systems. our schools, our transportation system and more than mr. romney only talked about. and today, in massachusetts, you can marry whomever you love. we still have much more to do. much, much more to do. but we are on a better track because we placed our faith, not in trickle down fantasies...
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one is deficit reduction, one is tax cuts. cuts ie w we'll do deficit reduction. gwen: there's anoth numbe $716 million to deal with medicare but it's coming from different places and going to different places and trefore th fin - of de u in a draw. >> for the president's health care plan, in order to fund it they assumed savings over 10 years of $716 billion for medicare. mitt romney called that a cut in medicare as if it was a cut in beneficiaries. it's meant to come from providers. however, what romney was saying is that if you take that much from providers, some of them are going to stop taking medicare parents. the trick for him is that paul ryan, his running mate, also assumed the same $716 billion. gwen: and i believe romney's answer to that was i'm the candidate. >> i'm the boss. we're going to put that money back into medicare. gwen: going into these debates we were all probably guilty of setting the expectations bar and it was pretty high for president obama. i think the polls before showed him like 51% thought he was going to win. win.thought romney was
one is deficit reduction, one is tax cuts. cuts ie w we'll do deficit reduction. gwen: there's anoth numbe $716 million to deal with medicare but it's coming from different places and going to different places and trefore th fin - of de u in a draw. >> for the president's health care plan, in order to fund it they assumed savings over 10 years of $716 billion for medicare. mitt romney called that a cut in medicare as if it was a cut in beneficiaries. it's meant to come from providers....
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eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. i know what it's like to hire people and to make endseet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the gam were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the dget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> a new campaign to curb d.c. andriving in throughout the nation. with a new complete bat mobile. the majoras more on crackdown. are getting ready to prepared to, be like through something this. 10,000 law enforcement agencies up drunk driving enforcement through labor day weekend. shows drunk driving dropped from 2009
eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. i know what it's like to hire people and to make endseet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the gam were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat....
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because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? >> throughout our battleground virginia special, we will take a groups offerent voters. >> we are breaking down voters by age, gender, and ethnicity. >> are political team includes cooper.uman and rebecca >> we have been inside both headquarters and the races this close. nodar kumaritashvili is taken for granted. they analyze every demographic no voter is taken for granted. whether it is making a pit stop or knocking back a:at a local watering hole, but tap into a very specific block of voters. >> it is still the second most important vote in america. >> second only to white females. is going tonow what sway me one way or another. mostly i am a democrat, but i made up my mind yet. successfult obama is young, women, hispanic, and black voters. 60%omney needs to get about of the white vote. possible? >> it is very possible. >> he says that is why romney almost to speak about days except the economy. >> many m
because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? >> throughout our battleground virginia special, we will take a groups offerent voters. >> we are breaking down voters by age, gender, and ethnicity. >> are political team includes cooper.uman and rebecca >> we have been inside both headquarters and the races this close. nodar kumaritashvili is...
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first of all, weon't have the money to pay for the past two deficits. i d't believe weevil have the money for the current spending related to sandy. there's not a tax for that, pretty sure. to the point to have the additional costs which would have to be hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars, where's that's coming from? unless they use taxes on fue to be the solution, that, at least, in theory, does not cost the government money. it doesn't meant passes or have other effects. neil: cost money? >> not economy, but it will not look like they need o spend to solve the problem if that's the way it goes. neil: [inaudible] >> yeah, we're broke. we're turn your pockets inside out, it's over. no money. neil: you got the point across. thank you, both, very much. washington, we have a problem. don't think so? here's it's straight from the real guys behind this, after this. ♪ >> in is houston, say again, please. >> houston, we have a problem. we have a main bolt, we have a lot of thruster, activity, houston. just went offline. it's the little things in li
first of all, weon't have the money to pay for the past two deficits. i d't believe weevil have the money for the current spending related to sandy. there's not a tax for that, pretty sure. to the point to have the additional costs which would have to be hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars, where's that's coming from? unless they use taxes on fue to be the solution, that, at least, in theory, does not cost the government money. it doesn't meant passes or have other effects. neil: cost...
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, there is brand-new polling out today on how americans feel about the idea of congress using these deficit negotiations to make cuts to medicare. 79% of americans say they do not want congress to touch medicare in these deficit negotiations. 79%. if you want to get specific about john boehner's proposal, what he wants to do to medicare is to raise the eligibility age from 65 to 67. and as it turns out, there is also recent polling on that specific proposal. and it is also super unpopular. look at this. almost 70% of americans say they oppose raising the eligibility age for medicare. that number is slightly higher among republicans than it is for the general population. more republicans oppose john boehner's plan than the already extremely high margin of the general public that opposes john boehner's plan. now, if you're following the news very closely in this slow-motion, groundhog day-esque political negotiation, maybe yoç already knew that john boehner wants to raise the medicare eligibility age. but if you just sort of glanced at john boehner's actual letter to the president with his p
, there is brand-new polling out today on how americans feel about the idea of congress using these deficit negotiations to make cuts to medicare. 79% of americans say they do not want congress to touch medicare in these deficit negotiations. 79%. if you want to get specific about john boehner's proposal, what he wants to do to medicare is to raise the eligibility age from 65 to 67. and as it turns out, there is also recent polling on that specific proposal. and it is also super unpopular. look...
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democratic wing that likes war and taxes and individual welfare and a republican wing that likes war and deficits and corporate welfare. only somebody like ron paul believes that the government should leave you alone, tax you minimally and that government is best which governs least. you believe that, jon stewart, don't you. >> jon: you don't know i believe it but now that you say it i weirdly want to hug you. freedom watch. it's the judge andrew napolitano. [cheers and applause]
democratic wing that likes war and taxes and individual welfare and a republican wing that likes war and deficits and corporate welfare. only somebody like ron paul believes that the government should leave you alone, tax you minimally and that government is best which governs least. you believe that, jon stewart, don't you. >> jon: you don't know i believe it but now that you say it i weirdly want to hug you. freedom watch. it's the judge andrew napolitano. [cheers and applause]
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enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. it's math, it's arithmetic. >> get the rates down, lower deductions and exemptions to create more jobs because there's nothing better for getting us to a balanced budget to have more people working, earning more money and paying taxes and that's by far the most effective and efficient way to get this budget balanced. >> paul: welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. a big night in denver on wednesday, as president barack obama, and mitt romney met for the first presidential debate and the candidates sparred as you heard over taxes and the deficit as well as health care. wall street reform and the role of government. with mitt romney taking some sharp shots at the president's record these past four years. >> we're seeing right now is, in my view, a trickle down government approach which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams and that's not working the. proof of that is 23 million people out of
enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. it's math, it's arithmetic. >> get the rates down, lower deductions and exemptions to create more jobs because there's nothing better for getting us to a balanced budget to have more people working, earning more money and paying taxes and that's by far the most effective and efficient way to get this budget balanced. >> paul: welcome to the...
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eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. two plans. your choice. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. latestis one of the going by role on the internet. holding his bald above lake superior. -- his dog above lake superior. it tells a story of a man who would do anything for his best friend. pet ownership comes with a certain routine. a routine john took on when he adopted shep. for the past 18 years he has had a constant companion. but time is taking its toll. him getough to see old. the shepherd has lost his sight. brought arthritis. it's a pain and stiffness that little relief. a mile fromheads home. in the shallow water of lake superior, owner impact find a peace -- owner and pet find a temporary peace. takes the paint off the joint. a few moments of serenity. it bothers me when i cannot him. yet there is the nagging thought, will this be the las
eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. two plans. your choice. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. latestis one of the going by role on the internet. holding his bald above lake superior. -- his dog above lake superior. it tells a story of a man who...